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  LAMPa Highlights Newsletter                                                  October  2011
In This Issue
Poverty Rises in PA
Drilling Advocacy
HEMAP
Common Good Conversations
GreenFaith Fellowship
LAMPa Links
Upcoming Events

United Methodist Anti-Poverty Summit II

Oct. 9-10 in Camp Hill

Featuring keynote speaker Shane Claiborne and workshops with focus on giving local churches and community organizations tools they need to effectively work with persons living in poverty.

For more information or to register go to www.umadvocacypa.org. 

 

Immigration Education
and Action Day

October 17 at St. Luke's  

Lutheran Church in Reading.

For more information email: stlukelutheranreading@verizon.net

 

Pennsylvania Immigration and Citizenship Coalition Lobby Day  October 18, 10 -3,  

St. Michael's Lutheran Church in Harrisburg. More information here.

 

 

 

 


Poverty Rises Sharply Across Pennsylvania 
Homeless and Hungry couple

The nation's poverty rate has risen to the highest level in 50 years. The number of Pennsylvanians in poverty increased sharply.  Read more.  

The LAMPa website has resources for teaching about poverty, including  Bible Studies and other materials

Drilling Down on Advocacy
fracking rig

 

Last year, a natural gas drilling tax or fee seemed dead in the water. Now, the legislature is vowing to make it a priority this fall. What happened? Advocacy happened! Read about it, and what LAMPa will be working on here.

Have You Acted on Halting Foreclosures?

 

LAMPa's latest Action Alert calls advocates to action to preserve the Homeowner's Emergency Assistance Program. If you have not acted yet, there is still time. Go to our Policy and Action Center here. 

What Does LAMPa Have To Do With Luxembourg?

 

Read the first in a series titled "Conversations About the Common Good" that focuses on the ministry of LAMPa Ambassadors. Read it here. 

Amy Reumann Named GreenFaith Fellow
Amy at Capitol

 

The Rev. Amy Reumann, LAMPa Director, has been named a GreenFaith Fellow and will join the 2012 Class of the GreenFaith Fellowship Program. The Fellowship Program is the only US comprehensive education and training program to prepare lay and ordained leaders from diverse religious traditions for environmental leadership. Read more. 

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